The Ageless Wisdom Mystery School with Michael Benner

What are You REALLY Afraid Of?

14 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

All fear is fear of things unknown. The antidote, then, is knowledge and understanding. This is the awareness of Peace and Love as dynamic forces in t...

Gut Feelings -- Instinct or Intuition

08 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Oddly, there are two types of "gut feelings." Instinct is animal in nature, part of the herd instinct, fear-based and telling us what to avoid. Intuit...

Grief, Loss & Mourning

31 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Grieving is a lengthy, difficult, emotional healing process initiated by the loss of someone you love. The secret to an effective mourning process is ...

The Nature of the Soul

24 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Besides the Christian doctrine that a soul is made by God upon human conception, Michael explores the pre-existence of the soul in the Wisdom traditio...

The Vicious Cycle of Fear & Ignorance

17 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

There is an upward "Spiral of Understanding" that can replace the "Vicious Cycle of Fear & Ignorance." It requires two things: relaxation and responsi...

The Heart of the Golden Rule

10 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Though found in both the Christian and Jewish Bibles, the Golden Rule was also stated by Confucius, Socrates and many others. The "heart" of the Golde...

Justice as Spiritual Harmony

03 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Injustice is a heartache that everyone feels. It creates a "disturbance in the force." It strikes at the foundations of who we are as humans, and tear...

Happiness for No Reason

27 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Like the sun during a thunderstorm, happiness seems to disappear at times, but it remains, in fact, above the dark clouds of existence. Happiness does...

The Healing Feeling

20 Jul 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Today's class is an overview of physical pain, its value as a symptom, plus wasy to manage the pain through the mind-body connection. Visit http:www...

Despair

29 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Like sadness & depression, despair is rooted in the fear of things unknown. The antidote, then, is understanding that there is always hope. Visit htt...

Mindfulness

22 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Mindfulness is a level of expanded awareness brought on by relaxation. Visit http:www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call (818) 569-3017 for more informati...

The Search for Truth

15 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Beyond the popular idea of corresponding to know facts, there are qualities of truth to be discovered in its "relative" nature. Absolute Truth must be...

FLY Training #6 - Peak Performance

08 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the difference between practice and performance. We explain how eustress makes us better, but before the point-of-diminishing-returns, high...

FLY Training #5 - Decision-making

01 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

When you know what you want, but not HOW to get it. But when you don't know what you want ... wouldn't recognize it if it were right in front of you, ...

FLY Training #4- Problem-solving

25 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This lesson points out the importance of having a goal or solution in mind to determine a direction to move in. Then adjust and course-correct during ...

FLY Training #3- The Language of Feelings.

18 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

In Lesson 3 of the six part series, Michael introduces an alternative to the logical approach to understanding emotions -- namely, intuition. Visit h...

FLY Training #2- Healing Childhood Hurt

11 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Much of the emotional pain suffered by adults is rooted in childhood. Great advances have been made in the past 30 years in healing childhood trauma. ...

FLY Training #1 - Self Love

04 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

All love begins with self-love. How can people who are devoid of love fill each other with love? And if they can't, then why does it seem they can ......

Don't Believe Everything You Think

27 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Following closely the text written by Thomas Kida, your host explains seven common mistakes people make by not thinking critically. Visit www.TheAg...

The Sacred Triangle & Divine Trinity

20 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Everything in form has two extremes plus a middle. The magic in the numbers 3 and 7 is in the middle ... the secret is in the center. Visit www.TheA...

Mr. Spock's Dilemma

14 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Though we admired, respected, and perhaps even loved Mr. Spock, he was, in fact, an emotional cripple. There's an important distinction between trying...

Passion for Compassion 2

07 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Short of Perfect Divine Love, compassion may be the most refined love humans can know. Compassion requires you to face and resolve your fears. It reve...

Self-Reliance

30 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Both Henry David Thoreau and his mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote extensively on self-reliance. The believed in developing one's intuitive nature to b...

The Cultural Creatives

24 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The tide that swept Barack Obama into office was not motivated by political ideology so much as by an enthusiastic, hopeful emerging sub-culture of cr...

The Mystical Legend of the Grail

17 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

The legend of the grail is the fiction of several authors as far back as the late 12th Century. But there is a hidden mystical allegory about the Grai...

Harmony from Conflict

10 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

In this presentation, Michael expands the philosophical concept of redemption & salvation from Christian crucifixion to include the alchemical transmu...

Initiate your Attitude

03 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Attitude is discussed as a point of view or perspective from which we receive the stimulus of life and project our responses. It is a point of power a...

Awareness is More than Intelligence

23 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

What are some of the differences between Awareness and Intelligence? How can developing one influence the other? Find out why our ancestors aligned Aw...

21 Tips & Self-Help Quotes

17 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Here are 21 of the smartest and most profound personal & spiritual development quotations ever expressed. Taken together, this is quite a guidebook to...

The Law of Correspondence

09 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

"As above, so below" is a reference to the Grand Polarities often described as Spirit & matter, God & humanity, Father & Holy Spirit (Mother), King & ...

What is Time?

02 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Michael discusses the philosophical, psychological, and scientific views that time is essentially an illusion of consciousness made possible by imagin...

Gods and Aliens

26 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This webinar looks at "why" we believe in Gods, aliens, and super-heros too, for that matter. Where will we find these "higher powers?" And in affairs...

Six Easy Ways to Know your Self

19 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Here are six areas of personal development to assess your progress. Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call 818/569-3017 for more information

The Hero's Journey

12 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Joseph Campbell called the Hero's Journey a mono-myth for it is a central theme found in all ancient cultures. Only by facing the fear born of self-ig...

Three Secrets of Success

05 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Success is a result; happiness is a means to that end. You must always know what you want, before you can know what to do to bring it about. But the b...

The Birth of Light

29 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Both Christmas and Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, have been aligned since ancient times with Winter Solstice. The Pagan or pantheistic meani...

The Stress Mess

23 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Confusion feels scary, which ironically makes us more confused -- a vicious cycle of fear and ignorance that degrades performance and productivity. Le...

Dreaming: Night & Day

15 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you remember your dreams or not, everyone dreams during sleep, usually for 5 to 6 minutes every 90 minutes or so. This audio webinar discusses...

The Dweller on the Threshold

09 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Dweller on the Threshold is a veiled Rosicrucian and Theosophical reference to human resistance to that stage of spiritual evolution in which the ...

The Meaning & Purpose of Life

01 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Though often used interchangeably, these two terms are actually quite different ... essentially "purpose" is universal and objective, while "meaning" ...

Love & Forgiveness

24 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Until we accept that our emotional feelings are not done TO us but rather are evoked FROM us, people will seek some advantage in being victims of thei...

Equanimity

17 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Most people are so compelled by their thoughts and feelings that the idea of expanding their awareness to a more inclusive, less judgmental view might...

Sense and Sensation

10 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Michael explains thoughts as objective, though often wrong. Emotion feelings, he says, are subjective, yet never wrong -- though open to misunderstand...

Six Key Principles of the Ageless Wisdom

04 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Here is an overview of Mysticism and Esoteric Philosophy, also known as the Ageless Wisdom, the Perennial Philosophy, alchemy, prisca theologia, theos...

The Business Side - Part 2

27 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second of two programs teaching skilled technicians how to be successful entrepreneurs and business people Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com ...

The Business Side - Part 1

20 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second of two programs teaching skilled technicians how to be successful entrepreneurs and business people Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com...

Panic, Phobias, OCD & Stress

13 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Anxiety is the most common thread running through the dysfunction behavior of human beings. Stress is the fear of confusion resulting from over stimul...

The Sacred Om (AUM)

06 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The Sacred Om has three parts, both as a sound (AUM) and as a symbol. This trinity corresponds to Brahma (Creator), Vishnu (Preserver), & Shiva (Disso...

The Seven Root Fears

29 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Emerson said, "Knowledge is the antidote to fear," suggesting that even where there is clear and present danger, our fear is mostly about what we don'...

Ten Ways to Think Like a Genius

22 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Here are practical tips to free you from the tendency to think like everyone else. Honor your emotional feelings. You may think like other people, but...

The Seven Tongues of God

16 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Conceived by Dr. Timothy Leary in 1960 as a means of defining the meaning of religious or spiritual experience. Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or ca...

A Positive View of Negative Thinking

08 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

How can we learn to worry appropriately ... between obsessive worry and denial, both of which make things worse. Where is the value, relatively, in ha...

Forgiving your Self

01 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The expanded awareness of meditation (alpha brainwave state) makes it the ideal level of mind for understanding emotional hurt. Once understood and ex...

Theosophy: Then & Now

25 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

This class traces New Age thinking from the German Christian Mystics, the Rhineland Mystics & theosophists of the 14th & 15th Centuries through the Ne...

Ten Quotations from Western Mysticism

19 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Benner comments on each of ten quotable quotations from the Mystery Schools of Western Civilization. Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call 81...

The Basics of Buddhism

11 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

More philosophy than religion, Buddhism is a method for liberating human beings from their suffering via the Eightfold Noble Path. Visit www.TheAgeles...

The Basics of Esoterica

04 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Here's an introduction to the intuitive connection to Spiritual Source via the overshadowing Soul -- the middle element of the Trinity model. Visit w...

The Basics of Hypno-therapy

01 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The fundamental principle of hypnosis -- that the subconscious mind does not distinguish between reality and imagination and 11 more. Visit www.TheAge...

The Basics of NLP

21 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

NLP was developed in the mid 1970's based on the work of Fritz Perls (Gestalt therapy), Virginia Satir (Family therapy), Noam Chomsky (Linguist), and ...

Cynicism

15 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

When we accept the cynical belief that people are essentially selfish and untrustworthy, we are revealing more about ourselves than anyone else Visit ...

The Vision Quest

07 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Michael explains the difference between fantasy and vision, the importance of accepting and committing to your vision, and learning from mistakes to g...

Personal Identity

30 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

You can't know what you want, or what to do to get it, if you're unclear about who you are. Are you what you think of yourself, or is your identity bo...

Dissent and Disobedience

23 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The street protests in Tehran have quickly shifted their emphasis from a fraudulent election to a repressive system at large. In this webinar, we expl...

Waking to Awareness

16 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Mystery School, Michael describes three stages of awareness --- 1). the separated being motivated by fear 2). responsible for emotional...

Seven Laws of Life

09 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

An inspiring introduction to the basic principles of Esoteric Philosophy, including laws of evolution, karma (cause & effect), reincarnation, vibratio...

Releasing Hate

02 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Hatred is merely one of the faces of fear. Even those who bear no hatred, can find it difficult not to hate those who have targeted you. Here's how to...

Meditation Aides and Devices

26 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about the various types of biofeedback devices, brain entrainment machines, cranial electro-stimulation units, flotation tanks (sensory deprivat...

Codependency

19 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Codependency begins when your desire to please others becomes a need to please others through a performance. Codependents will abuse and betray themse...

The Seven Spirits

12 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Just as the seven colors of the rainbow can be made from the primary three, so Divinity has not just three, but seven rays or "Spirits before the Thro...

Meditative-Hypnosis

06 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Many of the mysteries of altered states of expanded awareness or higher consciousness are revealed here as Michael describes the complimentary nature ...

The Seven Basic Fears

28 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Only one of the seven is real danger. The other six are things unknow or confusing. Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call 818/569-3017 for more info...

The Holodeck & the Matrix

21 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Things are not what they seem to be. They are more, much more than they seem to be. Things are the way we've been told they should be. Things are the ...

Life is What You Make It.

14 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps the one, most important attitude change you can make to improve you Life is moving from helpless victim to initiating your responses. This is ...

Who's Driving your Car?

07 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Here's an audio lesson about attaining a level of awareness that allows you to choose your thoughts, feelings, and behavior instead of being a victim ...

Karma

31 Mar 2009

Contributed by Lukas

You reap what you sow, go where you look, and get what you expect. Karma also accounts for the Law of Attraction and the Golden Rule. Visit www.TheAge...

What's the Deal with 2012?

23 Mar 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Michael discusses the convergence of the Mayan calendar rolling over, with born-again interpretations of Revelation, the sunspot cycle, and Terrance M...

The Roots of Fear

17 Mar 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The vast majority of your fear has nothing to do with danger. It is confusion that we fear ... at the center of which we find our Self. Visit www.TheA...

Spiritual Evolution

10 Mar 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Between the false dichotomy of Creationism versus Evolution is the ancient concept of Spiritual Evolution. That is, besides Darwin's evolution of spec...

Finding Personal Security

03 Mar 2009

Contributed by Lukas

It's hard to know much about anything in the world until you better understand your SELF ... your true Self, your Higher Self. What makes you tick? Wh...

Intro to The Ageless Wisdom

24 Feb 2009

Contributed by Lukas

If religious fundamentalists take scripture literally, those who see sacred writings as allegory are the mystics. Collectively, mysticism is known as ...

Passion for Compassion

17 Feb 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Here's an audio essay the personal growth available to those who seek to consciously respond to fear, hurt, upset, and anger with compassion. Visit ww...

Let your Conscience Be your Guide

10 Feb 2009

Contributed by Lukas

With the rare exception of true sociopaths, everyone has a conscience ... a sense of personal ethics and values. Here are tools & tips for developing ...

The Ring-Pass-Not

03 Feb 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Change is guaranteed. It arrives as both good fortune and tragedy, but in any event, one who develops their awareness can always find an opportunity t...

The Mystical Tree of Life

27 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Like the caduceus, spine, wand, scepter and staff, the Tree of Life is a rich allegory for the connection between the material world and its Spiritual...

Substance vs the Appearance of Things

20 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's webinar, we look at our priorities by questioning what is true, eternal, and infinite. What really lasts ... and what's really "real." ...

Hermetic Secrets of Ancient Egypt

16 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

The correspondence between the principles of ancient Egyptian mysticism and electricity & magnetism is stunning. Somehow the pyramid-builders understo...

Changing the World Begins with You

06 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Social change is a relay race. You do something positive and life-affirming, then pay it forward. Be the change. Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or cal...

Alpha Brain Waves & Inner Peace

06 Jan 2009

Contributed by Lukas

It is the alpha brain wave level of inner peace that provides conscious access to the subconscious mind. When conjoined, the whole mind is much more i...

The Esoteric Meaning of Christmas

23 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

Religious rituals and ceremonies usually reflect several layers of meaning. Here we explore the deeper meaning of a Baby Christ born within each of us...

Why Bother with Ethics?

17 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

Levels of corruption in American society have become shocking ... an avalanche of temptation, an erosion of society's moral ground. Visit www.TheAgel...

The Two Faces of Pride

10 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss "pride" not only in terms of its excesses, but also as part of a false identity. Visit www.TheAgelessWisdom.com or call 818/569-3017 for ...

Finding Control in Your Life

04 Dec 2008

Contributed by Lukas

While most people spend their entire lives struggling to control what's being done to them, students of the Ageless Wisdom understand, instead, how to...

Your E-Ticket to Paradise

27 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

This Ageless Wisdom Mystery School class features Michael's business partner at TheAgelessWisdom.com, Steve Snyder. As co-hosts of the premium audio p...

Dealing with Depression

20 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

Most emotional depression is the ache that remains when we're emotionally numb. The antidote is to begin to reflect upon, take responsibility for, and...

Standing on the Verge of Change

05 Nov 2008

Contributed by Lukas

More than a presidential election, more than a swing from Republican to Democratic Administrations, the support for Senator Obama represents a paradig...

Lesson #6: Peak Performance

29 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

Chief among the several points in this lesson is scheduling opportunities to "practice" with new approaches in all areas of your life. If you're alway...

Lesson #4: Problem-Solving

22 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

This is lesson #4 of the six-part series "Feeling Like your Self." The two techniques introduced in this webinar are listing goals and visualizing des...

Lesson #5: Decision-Making

22 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 5 of our six-part personal development mini-series FLY (Feeling Like your Self). Here are three techniques for realizing more choices tha...

Lesson #3: The Language of Feelings

08 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

This is the third of our six-part series "Feeling Like Yourself" (FLY). As a result of our schooling, we rely on our mental nature while all but ignor...

Lesson #2: Healing your Childhood

02 Oct 2008

Contributed by Lukas

Like physical pain, emotional pain is always a symptom of your emotional nature that indicates where healing is needed. The first and biggest challeng...